%0 Journal Article
%T Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma with Unusual Mandible Metastasis.
%A Tayyar MNA
%A Uyanik E
%A Babacan GB
%A Sahin MC
%A Kisbet T
%J Indian J Nucl Med
%V 39
%N 2
%D 2024 Mar-Apr
%M 38989304
暂无%R 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_6_24
%X Follicular thyroid cancer is the second-most common type of thyroid cancer after papillary thyroid cancer. Metastases to the mandible and maxillofacial region are rare. Our study presents a 55-year-old patient who underwent total thyroidectomy for follicular thyroid cancer and subsequent radioactive iodine therapy. Sixteen years after diagnosis, elevated thyroglobulin levels suggested disease recurrence. Using advanced imaging techniques - Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan, bone scintigraphy, and posttreatment I-131 scan-an unexpected metastatic site was identified: the left mandibular condyle. A biopsy confirmed the presence of metastatic follicular thyroid cancer.